BILL MOTCHAN, Special to the Jewish Light
• Published April 21, 2022
More than 6,000 miles and eight time zones separate St. Louis from the Yokneam-Megiddo region in Israel, but the distance hasn’t stopped the communities from regularly celebrating holidays together. The sister cities participated in their latest Zoom...
BY ERIC BERGER, ASSOCIATE EDITOR
• Published September 12, 2019
YOKNEAM, ISRAEL — When Mentamer Beleta, an Ethiopian Jew, arrived in Israel at age 12, she suddenly felt as though she had moved away from the agrarian life depicted in the Torah.She and her parents and four brothers landed at Ben Gurion Airport in...
By David Baugher, Special to the Jewish Light
• Published February 8, 2012
It didn't take long for Marni Deutsch to become a believer. When she heard from a relative about a program that would bring Jewish education right to the doorstep of her Clayton home, she knew she wanted to enroll her four-year-old daughter Ella. "It...
BY ABBY ABRAMS, JEWISH LIGHT INTERN
• Published July 20, 2011
All 32 teen members of the St. Louis delegation to the 2011 Jewish Community Center Maccabi Games and ArtsFest will gather in Israel Sunday, July 24. The Maccabi experience will run from July 24 through Aug. 5 as the participants compete, perform and...
